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Webster 1913 Edition
Florid
1.
Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.
[R.]
Fruit from a pleasant and
florid
tree. Jer. Taylor.
2.
Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color;
as, a
. florid
countenance3.
Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate;
as, a
florid
style; florid
eloquence.4.
(Mus.)
Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.
Webster 1828 Edition
Florid
FLOR'ID
,Adj.
1.
Literally, flowery; covered or abounding with flowers; but in this sense little used.2.
Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively red color; as a florid countenance; a florid cheek.3.
Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched with lively figures; splendid; brilliant; as a florid style; florid eloquence.